If McCoy leaves, Broncos assistants not expected to follow

Houston — Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy may be interviewing as you read.

He is interviewing today for the available head coaching jobs with the Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals.

On Sunday, McCoy will interview with the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles for their top coaching jobs.

The guy is going to be mentally wiped come Sunday night.
Should McCoy get a head coaching job, don’t expect many, if any, of the Broncos’ assistant coaches to go with him. Last year, Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen got the head coaching job in Oakland and wanted to bring Broncos linebackers coach Richard Smith with him to be his defensive coordinator.

The Broncos denied the request. So there’s the precedence.

All the current Broncos’ assistant coaches are under contract at least through next season. McCoy has worked closely in recent years with quarterbacks coach Adam Gase, but expect Gase to stay with quarterback Peyton Manning.

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Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times. She has reported regularly on the Broncos since joining the staff.

A published author and award-winning journalist, Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for The Denver Post. He previously worked on the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winners of two Pulitzer Prizes for their Hurricane Katrina coverage.